(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 457, where a lower court has passed a sentence lower than the minimum prescribed by law, the Court of Appeal shall, where it upholds the conviction of the accused, substitute the sentence with the legal minimum.
(2) Where the sentence passed is higher than the legal maximum, the Court of Appeal may, if satisfied with the conviction of the accused, pass a sentence at most equal to the maximum provided by law.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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